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According to Ancestry.com, they have a lot of new things in store for us in 2011. The following lists are from their press release of December 27, with details found on their “What’s ahead” webpage. United States Records to be Continue reading New Data Coming to Ancestry.com in 2011
The following was received from Paul Nauta, With FamilySearch: FamilySearch volunteers have some exciting new indexing projects to work on during this holiday season. Recently released projects include records from Canada, Mexico, Ireland, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and the United States. There Continue reading New Indexing Projects at beta.FamilySearch.org for the Holidays
The following news release was received from Debra Chatfield at FindMyPast.co.uk: 8,000,000 records to be indexed in two years Records date back to the 16th century Family history website www.findmypast.co.uk is making available online for the very first time fully Continue reading FindMyPast.co.uk to Publish the Parish Registers of Wales for the First Time
THEY were shipped in their thousands from their cold northern homes to the hostile environment of a distant island lying south of Australia. The 10,000-mile trip to Tasmania was a hefty price to pay for 19th-century Scots accused of petty Continue reading Ancestral Convict Tourism to Tasmania
Following is an excerpt from a fascinating article dealing with various “famous folks” wills. Ancestry.co.uk is posting 6 million English & Welsh wills running from 1861 to 1941. If you do a Google News search, you’ll come up with all Continue reading Six Million British English & Welsh Wills 1861-1941 Going On Line
The following was received from Debra Chatfield of findmypast.co.uk: Findmypast.co.uk, leading UK family history website, has launched an easier way to find the births of English and Welsh ancestors online. The company has re-indexed over 100 million birth records dating Continue reading Findmypast.co.uk Re-Indexes Over 100M British Birth Records 1837-2006
The following news release was received from Debra Chatfield at FindMyPast.co.uk: Chelsea Pensioners British Army Service Records 1760-1854 now available to search online In-depth and colorful insight into the lives of ordinary ranking soldiers Records include servicemen born in the Continue reading 180,000 New Chelsea Pensioners Service Records Go Online at FindMyPast.co.uk
The following news release was received from Debra Chatfieid, marketing manager at findmypast.co.uk: As the 2010 Wimbledon Championships head towards the closing stages, leading UK family history website findmypast.co.uk has delved into its collection of census records from 1841 to Continue reading British Census Serves Up Some Wimbledon Quirks
The following information was received this morning from Paul Nauta with FamilySearch: There were over 150 new collections added or enhanced this week at FamilySearch.org. FamilySearch volunteers indexed over 120 million records — over 300 million new names — from Continue reading Over 300 Million New Names Added Online @ the New Beta.FamilySearch.org Site
The following news release was received from Pharos: 19 January 2010 – For Immediate Release Get the children involved! Pharos provides unique help for family historians with innovatory new courses Hannah Baker, B.A. (Hons) History, PGCE, has joined the Pharos Continue reading Online Courses for British Genealogists
The following databases have been added at The Original Record: 1130-1770 – Bodleian Library Charters and Rolls A large accumulation of documents preserved in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, formerly constituted the antiquarian collections of Anthony a Wood, Roger Dodsworth, Ralph Continue reading More British Databases Posted at The Original Record
The following is from the British National Archives Website: … BMDRegisters.co.uk has added records of births, deaths and marriages of passengers at sea to its online service. The records give detailed information compiled from ships’ logs by the Registrar General Continue reading British Births, Marriages & Deaths at Sea Are Posted at BMDRegisters.co.uk
It seems that the staid British National Archives is coming forward in support of the sale of Friends Reunited to Brightsolid. The sale has been somewhat in doubt, as the “Competition Commission” has expressed reluctance to allowing the sale to Continue reading British National Archives Backs Sale of Friends Reunited to Brightsolid – to Give Ancestry Some Competition
The following databases have been added at The Original Record in the last week: 1766-1769 – Board of Stamps Apprenticeship Books: Country Collectors’ Returns Apprenticeship indentures and clerks’ articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per pound stamp duty: Continue reading New at the Original Record
The following databases have been posted at The Original Record website in the last two weeks: 1763-1766 – Board of Stamps Apprenticeship Books: Country Collectors’ Returns Apprenticeship indentures and clerks’ articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per pound Continue reading New Databases Posted at The Original Record